Apprenticeship training course
Arboriculturist (level 4)
Undertake tree inspections and surveys.
- Qualification level
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4
Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC). - Typical duration
- 30 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Agriculture, environmental and animal care
- Maximum funding
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£14,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Tree inspection including assessment of health, defects, safety risks, site factors, planning requirements and aesthetics.
- Interpret maps and plans.
- Assess tree risk to inform decision making.
- Specify arboricultural works.
- Select advanced diagnostic equipment for tree risk assessment.
- Select biosecurity protocols.
- Follow instructions and processes.
- Write arboricultural reports.
- Use software-based tree management systems, including associated laptop and handheld remote working equipment.
- Produce plans using digital mapping software (for example GIS).
- Select and use different formats to communicate information (for example table, image, map, text, graph).
- Collect, research and analyse arboricultural information and data including reliable information sources.
- Advise on implications of arboricultural policy, legislation, regulation and best practice including local and national planning policy.
- Identification of tree species, their characteristics and requirements for healthy growth.
- Manage projects including working within budget, systems and processes.
- Produce quotations or tenders including defining a scope/specification of work.
- Foster professional relationships with clients, customers and colleagues and engage with the community.
- Negotiate with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
- Communicate information to technical and non- technical audiences using a range of techniques.
- Take meeting notes or minutes.
- Seek further information from managers, supervisors or colleagues, when necessary.
- Create and evaluate relevant risk assessments and method statements for arboricultural operations.
- Provide customer service.
- Identify soil type, properties, condition and implications for tree health.
- Value trees as assets for both amenity and ecosystem service provision.
- Establish and monitor quality standards for tree work operations.
- Promote the organisation, products, services or activities.
- Collect tree data including taking measurements.
- Make tree management recommendations verbally.
- Identify tree pests and pathogens, assess impacts on tree health and suggest management responses.
- Assess tree planting practices.
Full information on Arboriculturist (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.